‘I FEEL ODD MUM OUT’

VIRGIL VAN DIJK may be the daddy of all defenders – but the Liverpool centreback has revealed how club medics make him feel like a pregnant woman!

Jurgen Klopp’s sports-science team leave nothing to chance when it comes to keeping the new Premier League champions in top shape. From dietary advice to checking body fat, every measurement is as precise as a Trent Alexander-Arnold assist.

And Van Dijk said: “When I was in Holland and they measured my fat percentage, they used to stick those little clamps on the skin of your belly.

“At Liverpool, they lie you down like a pregnant woman on a table and they start doing ultrasound. They can check your fat by the millimetre. We also have a dietician who used to work at Bayern Munich.

“When she is telling us things about our diets, everyone is listening – because it works.

“Everyone realises that you have to stay top fit and that you get in trouble if you are not.”